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TerrGov-6, 1901--Jenkins. Report of the Governor of Oklahoma Jenkins, 1901

REPORT
OF THE
GOVERNOR OF OKLAHOMA.
TERRITORY OF OKLAHOMA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Guthrie, Olda., September 15, 1901.
SIR: In response to your letter of June 22, 1901, I have the honor
transmit herewith a report as governor of Oklahoma Territory for
lie year ending June 30, 1901, fully believing that it depicts condi-ions
of general prosperity and development not to be found in any
ther American Commonwealth, and presents an unanswerable argu-tent
in favor of the early admission of the Territory to the full rights
nd privileges of a State of the Union.
Very respectfully,
WM. M. JENKINS, Governor.
lion. E. A. HITCHCOCK,
Secretary of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
THE PAST.
Historically considered, Oklahoma as a Territory is of recent origin,
)ut as a small portion of the great tract of Southwestern country,
~nown at various times and under various circumstances as Louisiana,
Viandan Territory, the great American desert, uninhabitable lands,
Lud the Indiau Territory, it has a place in the history of the nation
lating back to the days of the Spanish explorers, who sought in the
~reat Southwest unknown empires and their reputed fabulous wealth.
Following the course of travel described in many early Spanish
nanuscripts and books, one is readily convinced that the original
3~klahoma booiners were the little army of adventurous spirits who
5raveised the Southwest under the leadership of De Soto, and that
~hey were followed by Jesuits and others who sought wealth in the
mineral veins of the mountains and hills of the Territory, there are
Linmistakable signs in lately discovered ruins of mines and places of
3arly abode.
Lewis and Clarke visited the Territory in one of their early explor-ing
expeditions, and the prairies and valleys of the Territory were the
liunting grounds of the early tribes of Indians, from the earliest time
if which there is record of the movements of the aboriginal Americans.
When the Indian Territory was created as a home for all of the
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The Governors of Oklahoma Territory issued annual reports from 1891 through 1907, when Oklahoma became a state. These reports, submitted to the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, vary from a few pages to many pages, and report on anything and everything that the current Governor believed to be important.

REPORT
OF THE
GOVERNOR OF OKLAHOMA.
TERRITORY OF OKLAHOMA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Guthrie, Olda., September 15, 1901.
SIR: In response to your letter of June 22, 1901, I have the honor
transmit herewith a report as governor of Oklahoma Territory for
lie year ending June 30, 1901, fully believing that it depicts condi-ions
of general prosperity and development not to be found in any
ther American Commonwealth, and presents an unanswerable argu-tent
in favor of the early admission of the Territory to the full rights
nd privileges of a State of the Union.
Very respectfully,
WM. M. JENKINS, Governor.
lion. E. A. HITCHCOCK,
Secretary of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
THE PAST.
Historically considered, Oklahoma as a Territory is of recent origin,
)ut as a small portion of the great tract of Southwestern country,
~nown at various times and under various circumstances as Louisiana,
Viandan Territory, the great American desert, uninhabitable lands,
Lud the Indiau Territory, it has a place in the history of the nation
lating back to the days of the Spanish explorers, who sought in the
~reat Southwest unknown empires and their reputed fabulous wealth.
Following the course of travel described in many early Spanish
nanuscripts and books, one is readily convinced that the original
3~klahoma booiners were the little army of adventurous spirits who
5raveised the Southwest under the leadership of De Soto, and that
~hey were followed by Jesuits and others who sought wealth in the
mineral veins of the mountains and hills of the Territory, there are
Linmistakable signs in lately discovered ruins of mines and places of
3arly abode.
Lewis and Clarke visited the Territory in one of their early explor-ing
expeditions, and the prairies and valleys of the Territory were the
liunting grounds of the early tribes of Indians, from the earliest time
if which there is record of the movements of the aboriginal Americans.
When the Indian Territory was created as a home for all of the
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